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Leominster mom accused of biting son

LEOMINSTER -- A Leominster mother accused of biting her son on the chest and ripping the T-shirt he was wearing was released on personal recognizance Monday.

Police were called to the Days Inn for a report of a fight between a mother and her minor child. Upon arrival, Officer David Wilson saw the child behind the front desk with a hotel employee.

His mother, Erica Esmurria, 29, of 482 North Main St., Apt. 409, Leominster, was found sitting in the hallway outside a room on the second floor. She was crying and uncooperative, according to a police report filed with court documents.

Another woman sitting with Esmurria said her son had approached her, saying Esmurria had attacked him, tried to punch him in the face and bit him on the chest, according to court documents.

She said the child often comes up to her room to hang out. Officers brought him up to the room to be with his younger siblings.

He told officers his mother was intoxicated, and she attempted to hit him in the face, but he was able to block it, he said. She then put him in a bearhug to prevent his arms from moving, and she ripped his shirt in the process, he told officers.

He also had a bruise where she bit him, almost breaking the skin, according to the police report.

When officers ran Esmurria's name through their system, it was also determined that she had a default warrant.

The Department of Children and Family was notified and was en route to the police station.

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Wilson then went into the hotel room and wrote that it was "absolutely disgusting," according to his police report. He observed cans of food everywhere, dirty dishes all over the floor and old, discarded food. Two of Esmurria's three children were only in their underwear, and her 1-year-old was sleeping on the bed as opposed to being in a crib. The toilet and sink were also clogged, he wrote, and there was an "unidentifiable" smell.

Esmurria is due back in court May 5.

Bilingual officer helps crack case

FITCHBURG -- Court documents say a Spanish-speaking police officer used his language skills to intercept a message to destroy evidence in an identify-theft case.

On March 12, a Fitchburg woman told police someone stole three credit cards under her name, and she suspected her roommate and his girlfriend, Cynthia Castillo, 26, of 44 Bemis Road, Fitchburg.

Police later learned that one of the cards was scheduled to be mailed to an address in Clinton, and Castillo's legal address in Fitchburg. Castillo was recently arrested by Leominster police and gave the Clinton address as her home address.

Police questioned Castillo and arrested her after she was asked to name her former addresses and omitted some that police were aware of, including the Clinton address.

During the booking process, Castillo called her boyfriend in English, but made some quick remarks in Spanish that a Fitchburg police officer heard and translated as, "I did not tell him anything," and "Get rid of the piece of paper."

The alleged victim observed her roommate leave the house with a pink backpack, and he returned without it.

Castillo was arraigned Monday in Fitchburg District Court on a charge of identity fraud. She was released on her own personal recognizance and is next scheduled to appear in court on May 8.

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